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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / July 2007Starting Remicade.
I'll be starting Remicade shortly as the Humira hasn't done the trick. I've been on it for a couple of years but it slowly lost it's effectiveness. I'm allergic to Methotrexate and Arava it appears but the doc wants me to start Metho again. I'll give it ago but if my rash starts up again I'll stop it. I talked to a woman yesterday that started on Remicade a couple of months ago. She said she started feeling better after the first infusion and feels wonderful now. I'm hoping for semi wonderful. I know some here may have questions about Remicade so I'll try to post my progress. Thumper Good luck with that Thumper. The docs like to combine even a small dose of mtx or arava with remicade so your body doesn't develop antibodies to it (that is the theory anyhow). Many do feel better after the first infusion- may you be one of those. Kelly > I'll be starting Remicade shortly as the Humira hasn't done the trick. > I've been on it for a couple of years but it slowly lost it's [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > my progress. > Thumper > Good luck with that Thumper. The docs like to combine even a small dose of > mtx or arava with remicade so your body doesn't develop antibodies to it > (that is the theory anyhow). Many do feel better after the first infusion- > may you be one of those. > > Kelly When I took Remicade it took 3 or 4 treatments (but the first 3 or 4 *are* close together). Several in my "group" got relief after the first too, so I think that may be the common response, but not unheard of for it to take several. Heck after the 6th or 7th treatment, I was able to run again (didn't even realize it until after I'd run across a parking lot). I was so excited. It was heaven. I felt normal. Best of luck to you, Thumper. I hope it's your magic bullet (truly). Smokie Darling (Annie) - because of my own stupidity, I believe, I ended up reacting violently to it, but hey, that was just me. > > I'll be starting Remicade shortly as the Humira hasn't done the trick. > > I've been on it for a couple of years but it slowly lost it's [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > - Show quoted text - >> Good luck with that Thumper. The docs like to combine even a small dose of >> mtx or arava with remicade so your body doesn't develop antibodies to it [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> >> - Show quoted text - Thanks everyone. Thumper Thumper, Good luck with the remicade. Sure hope it does the trick for you and gets you more comfortable soon! Keep us posted! Donna . . . . 1. ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we call them FRIENDS...... 2. J.K.M.A. |
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